Search Results - "FRANCIS, Joshua M"
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Chromothripsis from DNA damage in micronuclei
Published in Nature (London) (11-06-2015)“…Genome sequencing has uncovered a new mutational phenomenon in cancer and congenital disorders called chromothripsis. Chromothripsis is characterized by…”
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Identification of focally amplified lineage-specific super-enhancers in human epithelial cancers
Published in Nature genetics (01-02-2016)“…Matthew Meyerson and colleagues identify focal amplifications of regions harboring super-enhancers near KLF5 , USP12 , PARD6B and MYC in epithelial cancers…”
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Prospective Derivation of a Living Organoid Biobank of Colorectal Cancer Patients
Published in Cell (07-05-2015)“…In Rspondin-based 3D cultures, Lgr5 stem cells from multiple organs form ever-expanding epithelial organoids that retain their tissue identity. We report the…”
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Single-cell RNA-seq supports a developmental hierarchy in human oligodendroglioma
Published in Nature (London) (10-11-2016)“…A single sentence summarizing your paper (websum), which will appear online on the table of contents and in e-alerts, has been provided below. Please check…”
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Small-molecule targeting of brachyury transcription factor addiction in chordoma
Published in Nature medicine (01-02-2019)“…Chordoma is a primary bone cancer with no approved therapy 1 . The identification of therapeutic targets in this disease has been challenging due to the…”
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EGFR variant heterogeneity in glioblastoma resolved through single-nucleus sequencing
Published in Cancer discovery (01-08-2014)“…Glioblastomas (GBM) with EGFR amplification represent approximately 50% of newly diagnosed cases, and recent studies have revealed frequent coexistence of…”
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Somatic Superenhancer Duplications and Hotspot Mutations Lead to Oncogenic Activation of the KLF5 Transcription Factor
Published in Cancer discovery (01-01-2018)“…The Krüppel-like family of transcription factors plays critical roles in human development and is associated with cancer pathogenesis. Krüppel-like factor 5…”
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Multi-Omics Analysis Identifies MGA as a Negative Regulator of the MYC Pathway in Lung Adenocarcinoma
Published in Molecular cancer research (01-04-2020)“…Genomic analysis of lung adenocarcinomas has revealed that the gene, which encodes a heterodimeric partner of the MYC-interacting protein MAX, is significantly…”
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Dynamic epigenetic regulation by menin during pancreatic islet tumor formation
Published in Molecular cancer research (01-04-2015)“…The tumor suppressor gene MEN1 is frequently mutated in sporadic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNET) and is responsible for the familial multiple…”
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Utilizing feline oral squamous cell carcinoma patients to develop NQO1-targeted therapy
Published in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) (01-08-2021)“…Developing effective therapies for the treatment of advanced head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remains a major challenge, and there is a limited…”
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tumor suppressor Cdc73 functionally associates with CPSF and CstF 3' mRNA processing factors
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (20-01-2009)“…The CDC73 tumor suppressor gene is mutationally inactivated in hereditary and sporadic parathyroid tumors. Its product, the Cdc73 protein, is a component of…”
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Integrated cistromic and expression analysis of amplified NKX2-1 in lung adenocarcinoma identifies LMO3 as a functional transcriptional target
Published in Genes & development (15-01-2013)“…The NKX2-1 transcription factor, a regulator of normal lung development, is the most significantly amplified gene in human lung adenocarcinoma. To study the…”
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ARID1A and TERT promoter mutations in dedifferentiated meningioma
Published in Cancer genetics (01-06-2015)“…Unlike patients with World Health Organization (WHO) grade I meningiomas, which are considered benign, patients with WHO grade III meningiomas have very high…”
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Constitutive asymmetric dimerization drives oncogenic activation of epidermal growth factor receptor carboxyl-terminal deletion mutants
Published in Oncotarget (20-04-2015)“…Genomic alterations targeting the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene have been strongly associated with cancer pathogenesis. The clinical…”
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Scalable whole-exome sequencing of cell-free DNA reveals high concordance with metastatic tumors
Published in Nature communications (06-11-2017)“…Whole-exome sequencing of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) could enable comprehensive profiling of tumors from blood but the genome-wide concordance between cfDNA and…”
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Chromatin Looping Shapes KLF5-Dependent Transcriptional Programs in Human Epithelial Cancers
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-12-2020)“…Activation of transcription factors is a key driver event in cancer. We and others have recently reported that the Krüppel-like transcription factor KLF5 is…”
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Whole-exome sequencing of circulating tumor cells provides a window into metastatic prostate cancer
Published in Nature biotechnology (01-05-2014)“…Whole-exome sequencing of circulating tumor cells enables accurate and powered calling of somatic point mutations. Comprehensive analyses of cancer genomes…”
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SOX2 and p63 colocalize at genetic loci in squamous cell carcinomas
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-04-2014)“…The transcription factor SOX2 is an essential regulator of pluripotent stem cells and promotes development and maintenance of squamous epithelia. We previously…”
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Integrated single-cell genetic and transcriptional analysis suggests novel drivers of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Published in Genome research (01-08-2017)“…Intra-tumoral genetic heterogeneity has been characterized across cancers by genome sequencing of bulk tumors, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). In…”
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Cetuximab Response of Lung Cancer―Derived EGF Receptor Mutants Is Associated with Asymmetric Dimerization
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-11-2013)“…Kinase domain mutations of the EGF receptor (EGFR) are common oncogenic events in lung adenocarcinoma. Here, we explore the dependency upon asymmetric…”
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